- Date
- August 15, 1979
- Place
- Plush, OR · PLUSH, OR
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N56291Maule M5-235
- Status
- Completed · report September 24, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790815021689A
- Case key
- 135098
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1593 79/8/15 NR.PLUSH,OR MAULE M5-235 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 35, 300 TIME - 0630 N56291 PX- 0 1 0 HUNTING TOTAL HOURS, 151 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HART MOUNTAIN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KLAMATH FALLS,OR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING REMARKS- SPOTTING BIG HORN SHEEP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N56291
- Reported as
- Maule M5-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Hart Mountain
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.